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Hydrocoleum confluens (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Drouet 1942

Publication Details
Hydrocoleum confluens (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Drouet 1942: 134

Published in: Drouet, F. (1942). Studies in Myxophyceae. I. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical series 20(6): 123-141, 19 figures, 3 plates.

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Publication date: 15 June 1942

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hydrocoleum is Hydrocoleum homoeotrichum Kützing ex Gomont.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Blennothrix confluens (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) I.Umezaki.

Basionym
Microcoleus confluens Setchell & N.L.Gardner

Type Information
Type locality: Lands End, San Francusco, U.S.A.; (Gardner 1918: 471) Type: Gardner No. 1641; Forming a spongy stratum in company with other species of Myxophyceae on rocks in the upper part of the littoral belt; UC; (Gardner 1918: 471)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), confluent, running together, blending into one (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 October 2005 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 September 2017

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Taxonomic note
"Unrevised species." (Komárek & Anagnostidis 2005: 650). - (02 May 2014) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 September 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025